The Israeli Army has intensified its bombing of the Gaza Strip on the eighteenth day of war against the Islamist group Hamas, including areas still widely populated by civilians. This is one of Israel’s largest bombings in the area, in which he has killed more than 700 Palestinians. In fact, in the last 24 hours, “the Israeli Defense Forces attacked more than 400 terrorist targets” in the Gaza Strip, an Army spokesman said, assuring that the troops carried out “a large-scale operation.”

Israel has killed at least 5,791 people in the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, in retaliation for the attack by the Palestinian Islamist group on October 7 that left some 1,400 dead and more than 220 kidnapped. Of the total number of deaths in Gaza, according to figures released this Monday by the Strip’s Ministry of Health, 2,360 are children, 1,292 are women and 2%, elderly.

To these figures are also added the 16,297 people who had to receive medical care in the Palestinian enclave since the beginning of the war with Israel. As reported by the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the Israeli bombings of the last 24 hours left 704 new deathsthis being the bloodiest day in the Strip since the start of hostilities 17 days ago.

400 targets

The majority of the fatalities recorded so far in the enclave are concentrated in Gaza City, where 2,586 people have lost their lives, the Gaza ministry said in a statement. This is followed by 1,247 deaths in the north of the enclave, 791 in the central area, 588 in the Khan Younis region and 579 in the Rafah area, bordering Egypt.

Health has also indicated this Tuesday that the authorities They have been alerted about the possible presence of 1,550 people under the rubble caused by Israeli airstrikes, and highlighted that the list of deaths in the Strip includes at least 65 members of medical personnel.

In the last few hours, the Israeli Army has attacked “more than 400 terrorist targets” in Gaza, announced a military spokesman, who also assured that the troops carried out “a large-scale operation to dismantle the terrorist capabilities of Hamas.” Since the beginning of the war, tension has also intensified in West Bank occupied, where at least 95 Palestinians have lost their lives in clashes with Israeli forces and settlers in the area.